Cal Poly Women’s Soccer struggled to find their footing in a rainy 1-0 loss to Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara at Mustang Memorial Field. The Mustangs (1-6-2, 0-1 Big West) could not capitalize offensively despite controlling possession for most of the game and leading the Gauchos (3-3-4, 1-0 Big West) in total shots, 10 to […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Soccer drops final non-conference matchup to TCU
Cal Poly Women’s Soccer wrapped up their challenging non-conference schedule on Sunday with a 5-1 road loss to TCU, dropping their third consecutive match. The Mustangs (1-5-2) struggled to produce offensively against the Horned Frogs (5-2-1), a common trend as Cal Poly has struggled to score goals through the season’s first eight games. Sunday marked […]
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‘They have all the experience from last year’: How Cal Poly Volleyball looks to secure a Big West Championship in 2024
After falling a game short of the Big West Championship last year, the Cal Poly Women’s Volleyball team has a chip on their shoulder and wants to come home with some hardware in November. “They have all the experience from last year and the semifinal match to think back on and I think it kept […]
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How Cal Poly Men’s Soccer can continue to improve in year two of Oige Kennedy’s tenure
Backed by a cast of returning veterans and new additions to their roster, Cal Poly Men’s Soccer is seeking improvement from last year’s first round exit from the Big West Championship. The Mustangs finished the 2023 season with an overall record of 5-8-4, but a record of 3-3-3 in conference play scored the program a […]
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‘The third time hurt the worst’: How past shortcomings fuel Cal Poly Women’s Soccer upcoming season
For the second time in three years, Cal Poly Women’s Soccer found themselves 90 minutes away from a Big West Tournament Championship in 2023. In their fourth matchup against UC Irvine in the Big West finale, Cal Poly fell short again. A 40th minute strike from the Anteaters ended the Mustangs’ chance at a Big […]
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Cal Poly Baseball’s Jake Steels final Mustang selected in 2024 MLB Draft
Former Cal Poly center fielder Jake Steels was selected with the No. 551 overall pick in the 18th round by the Atlanta Braves in the 2024 MLB Draft on Tuesday. The Santa Maria native joins his teammates Jakob Wright, Ryan Stafford and Steven Brooks as the fourth Mustang off the board in this year’s draft […]
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Cal Poly Baseball’s Steven Brooks third Mustang selected in 2024 MLB Draft
The Boston Red Sox selected former Cal Poly right-handed pitcher Steven Brooks with the No. 327 overall pick in the eleventh round of the 2024 MLB Draft on Tuesday. Brooks is the third former Mustang to be selected in this year’s draft after southpaw Jakob Wright was selected in the fourth round by the Los […]
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Cal Poly Baseball’s Ryan Stafford drafted No. 160 overall by the Baltimore Orioles
Former Cal Poly catcher Ryan Stafford was selected with the No. 160 overall pick in the fifth round by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2024 MLB Draft on Monday. Stafford joins teammate Jakob Wright as the second former Mustang drafted in this year’s draft. The Folsom, Calif. native has been a starter for Cal Poly […]
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Cal Poly Baseball’s Jakob Wright selected No. 128 overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
Former Cal Poly left-handed starter Jakob Wright was selected in the fourth round of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday. The Paso Robles native is the first Mustang off the board in the draft after a breakout collegiate season. In Wright’s redshirt freshman season, he only pitched in the second […]
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Former Cal Poly Track and Field Coach Brooks Johnson Passes Away at 90
Brooks Johnson, former head coach of Cal Poly Track and Field from 1993-1996 passed away at 90 on June 29. Johnson was highly respected in his field, coaching for over 60 years and advising many Olympic-level athletes. In his stint with the Mustangs, he advised 45 individual conference champions and 27 Division II All-Americans. Johnson […]
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A pair of Cal Poly Baseball Alumni face off at the Major League level and make program history
Former Cal Poly Baseball teammates, shortstop Brooks Lee and right-handed pitcher Drew Thorpe, faced off for the first time since being drafted in the 2022 MLB Draft on Wednesday afternoon. It marks the first time in Cal Poly Baseball program history that two teammates drafted in the same year face off at the Major League […]